The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-06-20
THE VICTORIA JUBILEE.
Services at St. Andrews Cathedral
Yesterday.


at the morning diet of worship by
the second Congregation of st. An
urews Cathedral yesterday, the Rev.
george Wallace preached an eloquent
sermon having special reference to the
Jubilee Of Her Majesty Queen Vic
torlas reign. Companies A and B of
the Honolulu Rifles attended the ser.
vice, having the front part of the audi
lorlum reserved for them. The
preacher adverted to the happy and
prosperous reign Of Victoria, citing
her many noble womanly qualities, the
purity Of her court, aud the wisdom
that she had sought of God at her ac-
cession, which marked her sway over
the mighty British Empire throughout
these fifty years.
In the evening there was a united
special service of the two congrcga-
tons, when the Cathedral was crowded
to overlooking, a large number of peo
pie standing outside by the doors. AS
the organist rolled out the tune OF
God Save the Queen" as the opening
voluntary, the procession of choristers
and clergy filed IN, the latter compris.
ing ] ord Bishop Willis, Revs. A. Mac
kintosh, Geo. Wallace, ]. NJ. Silver and
II. II. Gowen. Next entered the state
procession, consisting of His Majesty
the King IL X. II. Princess Kaiulani
and Hon. A. S. Cleghorn; their excel
lencies the Ministers, Messrs. Gibson,
Aholo, Kanoa and Rosa; and His
Maesty's staff, Majors Parker, Hayley,
Bertelmann and Holt, in uniform.
Rev. A. Macintosh led the deyo-
tons, while the lessons were read by
Rev. Geo. Wallace. The service in.
cluded a special psalm, and proper
psalms 20, ~ and IoI; also the spe
cial hymns, "God Of Our Fatherland,
and God Of Supreme Dominion" the
former to the national anthem music
The choir sang "Te Deum Laudamus'
and "Jubilate Deo," both to Tours ir
/ also the anthem, "Let Every Sou
be Subject unto the Higher Powers.
The first lesson was Joshua to the
end Of ninth verse, the second Romans
I3.
His Lordship the Bishop preached
choosing for text Proverbs S;Is, "B)
Me kings reign" He referred to tn,
year Of jubilee in the Israeltish eco
nomy, when an leases and ownership
Of land had to lapse, and remarked tina
a jubilee year was an occasion 70
thanksgiving. Here in the midst o
the Pacific Ocean they met to celebrate
the jubilee Of Queen Victoria's reign
and the preacher referred to the Illus
trious features OF that reign, which
had seen such mighty progress in ar
and science and was itself of such Al
unblemished character. II was thei
wisdom to discover the secret Of tn
blessings which had fallen on the reigl
Of the Queen, and it was found in tn
words Of the text, "By Me kings reign,
for Victoria's first act on receiving IN
announcement of her accession was /
fall on her knees and ask for heavenl
wisdom to guide her. She had indee
reigned by wisdom. "Woe unto the
| o land, when thy king is a child and ca
in the morning" Woe was the porto
OF England when her king was di
solute monarch and led the people
vice; but blessed was the land undl
the pure example Of Victoria. II
preacher referred particularly to Il
salutary example Of the Queen
reverencing the appointed day Of res
Victoria's reign had been marked
progress toward that consummatic
when Christ should return to rul
Rulers should not govern for their ov
. pleasure, and it was on account OF Il
wisdom guiding their sovereign that Il
) whole Empire raised to-day one vol,
5 of blessings on the reign Of Victori
. His Lordship concluded by citing Il
: missionary zeal and progress of Il
J Victorian age as being more glorio
| than neutrality-suspicious. improv
E ment in the implements of war